BPAL-- Velvet (Bewitching Brews line)
Dec. 16th, 2005 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lykomancerMy flist is fucking depressing today: depression, panic, car accidents, miscellaneous other accidents, molestations in casinos, so for the sake of my own sanity I am going to wallow in pretty smelling things.
Official description: Envelop yourself in the soft, sensual embrace of gentle sandalwood warmed by cocoa vanilla and a veil of deep myrrh.
Preconcieved notion: VANILLA~! =D Even better: COCOA VANILLA! Mmmmm... I admit it: I'm a foodie-scent person. I'm hopelessly in love with Bath and Bodyworks Tutti Dolci line of products-- Angel Food Cake and Chocolate Fondue and Creme Brulee, oh my!-- and vanilla is one of those things that I love all over. Vanilla-scented anything? Bring it on!
Bottled: Pale, pale cornseed oil colored. Strangely enough, in the bottle this smells like Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies to me, prompting a whole lotta WTF in my brain. While I have no idea what myrrh smells like, I was under the impression that it was vaguely anise-like or medicinal, not minty, so I'm really perplexed by this. *shrugs*
Wet: Whee~! Even more minty, but not in a toothbrushy, offensive way. More like mint-liquior spiked hot cocoa, in fact, and man, my mouth is watering. Smelling this, I can fucking picture it: the glass mug with its little base and handle decorated with curled red ribbon, the frothing cloud-puff of whipped cream dotted with chocolate shavings, a little red and white striped candy-cane peeking over the edge. Wow. Wow.
Dry: As it dries down, the sandlewood pulls through as recognizably sandwood, distinguishing itself from the mouthwatering mintiness, but the cocoa vanilla is still staying strong too, and it starts smelling less like some Dr. McGuillicutty's and Swiss Miss concoction that might be drunk in front of the fire after making cookies and more like that Mexican spiced chocolate, or more like the scent lingering in the kitchen itself where chocolatey holiday cookies and spicy pies were made and are baking. The mint-smell-- that's gotta be the myrrh-- drifts in and out randomly, like a tease. Oh, the happy.
It makes me think a lot of Christmas time at my Grandmother's; Grandma always makes 10+ different kinds of cookies in batches of a few dozen, pumpkin pie, poppyseed and nut roll-- there's so many sweet pastries that we're eating them until the end of January-- and we sit around the warm, homey kitchen with mugs of coffee and eggnog and cocoa. <3
Verdict: I'll buy a 5ml of this (along with my 10 ml of Greed and Scherezade) as soon as I have money to do so. It's not something I'd wear out and about like the other two, nor as extensively, but it's nice for evenings like this. It makes me feel all cuddly.
Official description: Envelop yourself in the soft, sensual embrace of gentle sandalwood warmed by cocoa vanilla and a veil of deep myrrh.
Preconcieved notion: VANILLA~! =D Even better: COCOA VANILLA! Mmmmm... I admit it: I'm a foodie-scent person. I'm hopelessly in love with Bath and Bodyworks Tutti Dolci line of products-- Angel Food Cake and Chocolate Fondue and Creme Brulee, oh my!-- and vanilla is one of those things that I love all over. Vanilla-scented anything? Bring it on!
Bottled: Pale, pale cornseed oil colored. Strangely enough, in the bottle this smells like Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies to me, prompting a whole lotta WTF in my brain. While I have no idea what myrrh smells like, I was under the impression that it was vaguely anise-like or medicinal, not minty, so I'm really perplexed by this. *shrugs*
Wet: Whee~! Even more minty, but not in a toothbrushy, offensive way. More like mint-liquior spiked hot cocoa, in fact, and man, my mouth is watering. Smelling this, I can fucking picture it: the glass mug with its little base and handle decorated with curled red ribbon, the frothing cloud-puff of whipped cream dotted with chocolate shavings, a little red and white striped candy-cane peeking over the edge. Wow. Wow.
Dry: As it dries down, the sandlewood pulls through as recognizably sandwood, distinguishing itself from the mouthwatering mintiness, but the cocoa vanilla is still staying strong too, and it starts smelling less like some Dr. McGuillicutty's and Swiss Miss concoction that might be drunk in front of the fire after making cookies and more like that Mexican spiced chocolate, or more like the scent lingering in the kitchen itself where chocolatey holiday cookies and spicy pies were made and are baking. The mint-smell-- that's gotta be the myrrh-- drifts in and out randomly, like a tease. Oh, the happy.
It makes me think a lot of Christmas time at my Grandmother's; Grandma always makes 10+ different kinds of cookies in batches of a few dozen, pumpkin pie, poppyseed and nut roll-- there's so many sweet pastries that we're eating them until the end of January-- and we sit around the warm, homey kitchen with mugs of coffee and eggnog and cocoa. <3
Verdict: I'll buy a 5ml of this (along with my 10 ml of Greed and Scherezade) as soon as I have money to do so. It's not something I'd wear out and about like the other two, nor as extensively, but it's nice for evenings like this. It makes me feel all cuddly.
